What to do when your job comes to a natural end

[Anonymous]

The youngest will be in school full time soon and I have an inevitable end date coming. While I would love to fulfill my obligation to this family, I can't expect that the right family will be looking for a nanny at that exact time. What have you done?

[Anonymous]

You simply do your best. It's rarely perfectly ideal for all. You need to support yourself and pay your bills, that's all.

[Anonymous]

Do your best to find a job starting when the current one ends, but don't beat yourself up if it doesn't exactly align the way you hope. Look out for your long term interests. Look into the possibility of a share for the last week or something like that if you think the new parents and old parents would be interested.

[Anonymous]

I always stay with the family until the end. I typically schedule a nice vacation after my job ends. I then take 1-2 months off and then I start to look for a new position.

[Anonymous]

Get your hair done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I always stay with the family until the end. I typically schedule a nice vacation after my job ends. I then take 1-2 months off and then I start to look for a new position.

OP here. What is your current hourly pay? I do not have nearly enough saved for anything like that. I make good money, but not enough to take off for a month or two without taking a huge financial hit. I really need to have something lined up for close to the end of my tenure with this family. I'd hate to leave them in a bad predicament, but my financial stability has to come before their children. They do not have any family in town and have a schedule that would be hard to fill. If I move forward with this potential opportunity I will have a higher salary with a far better schedule, but would leave my current family without childcare for 2-3 months. If I pass on this opportunity it will be extremely unlikely that I would find a position with such high pay and benefits package to start. If this were any other profession the answer wiuld be clear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I always stay with the family until the end. I typically schedule a nice vacation after my job ends. I then take 1-2 months off and then I start to look for a new position.

OP here. What is your current hourly pay? I do not have nearly enough saved for anything like that. I make good money, but not enough to take off for a month or two without taking a huge financial hit. I really need to have something lined up for close to the end of my tenure with this family. I'd hate to leave them in a bad predicament, but my financial stability has to come before their children. They do not have any family in town and have a schedule that would be hard to fill. If I move forward with this potential opportunity I will have a higher salary with a far better schedule, but would leave my current family without childcare for 2-3 months. If I pass on this opportunity it will be extremely unlikely that I would find a position with such high pay and benefits package to start. If this were any other profession the answer wiuld be clear.

I make 10 per hr. I'm a live in nanny. I always fly back to my home state after each job. I stay with my parents, travel and just relax. As a live in I'm able to save all of my salary. So financially if I didn't work ever again I would be ok. The longer I had the job for Typocally the longer I take off. Op do what's best for you. I've learned over the years that employers look out for themselves, we should too.

[Anonymous]

Wow that would be extremely crummy of you. Screw them over and you know the saying what goes around comes around..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow that would be extremely crummy of you. Screw them over and you know the saying what goes around comes around..

OP here. If I took this opportunity I would be increasing my salary by @ $10,000. As much as I want to fulfill their needs fully, the fact is that your children are your own responsibility and no one else's. I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet, but I'm not so committed to my job that I will pass on a rare and great opportunity. Only in this field are people expected to be loyal to their jobs at the detriment of their own financial future.

[Anonymous]

MB here.

I think obviously you need to take the new opportunity OP.

And yes, this kind of sucks for your current employers, so if you can mitigate that by giving them plenty of notice it would be great. Perhaps you can also help them manage the search for an interim person, put them in contact w/ agencies who could staff them for the short term, etc...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MB here.

I think obviously you need to take the new opportunity OP.

And yes, this kind of sucks for your current employers, so if you can mitigate that by giving them plenty of notice it would be great. Perhaps you can also help them manage the search for an interim person, put them in contact w/ agencies who could staff them for the short term, etc...

I would give a one month notice and do my best to help.

[Anonymous]

MB here - not sure if this is an option but may be nice to think creatively. We did a short nanny share to transition between families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MB here - not sure if this is an option but may be nice to think creatively. We did a short nanny share to transition between families.

Too many kids for that option and they are in different school districts. I may be able to offer 75% to each family, but I'm not sure that would work for the prospective new family. They are paying well and may need someone to fulfill all their needs.

[Anonymous]

How much notice will you give? If I were given proper notice, I would understand in MB shoes.

[Anonymous]

11:36 here - ok, that makes it hard. I am an MB and as long as you gave proper notice, I would understand. You have to do what is best for you and having a job is obviously important. A good MB will understand.